My best friend.

 One more from Labor day because it is ridiculously cute. 

He is seriously my best friend.

Labor Day Joys.

 Today I frolicked in the Ocean with my 12 week old puppy. 

It was pure happiness. 

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [Circle of Life]

Have I ever told you that Lion King is one of my favorite Disney Movies?

is the song stuck in your head now?

Naturally, I knew I had to go to Animal Kingdom in Disney World. 

Though it wasn't my favorite park, we still had a blast!

You can basically do everything you want in 5-6 hours

which is really nice because theme parks can be exhausting. 

We saw all sorts of animals I have never seen before. 

We rode on a crazy roller coaster through mount everest. 

We watched Finding Nemo the Musical 

and we watched the amazing Lion King Show... 

seriously, probably my favorite show in all the Disney parks. 

 It never ceases to amaze me how they design everything in the Disney parks. 

It all looks so real. How neat is the Tiger exhibit?

 The Lion King is basically a mini Cirque De Sole. 

It was my favorite. And the music... LOVED it!

 I can't ever pass things like this up.. 

I think they are so funny. 

 We went on a safari through 'Africa'

We saw so many neat animals I didn't even know existed. 

They even uprooted some of the trees from Africa to be in the park. 

 This big guy was literally right next to me. 

 I loved the musical entertainment in the streets. 

These guys are from Africa and they put on a good show!

 And of course, the classic picture 

in front of the Tree of Life!

Well, that's an end to Disney for the year. 

We used up our three passes for residents. 

We Loved it. 

Definitely the most magical place on earth. 

Beach Baby, Beach baby.

We spent last Saturday in St. Augustine. 

Seriously, my favorite beach town. 

We shopped at the outlets for a bit and found some sweet deals. 

We ate at our favorite taco shop and ritas.

Spent a couple hours on the beach before dusk. 

And then walked around downtown. 

Did you know that St. Augustine is the oldest town in America? 

It was founded in 1565. 

They have the most beautiful architecture. 

Sorry. I had to. 

 This guy hasn't washed his hair for 2.5 weeks. 

Don't you worry, that story will get a blog post of it's own. 

 Again, I wish we had our own photographer to record our memories for us.  

I was born a beach baby. 

Always have been and always will be. 

Thank you for a fabulous Saturday St. Augustine, 

we will be back soon. 

What is your favorite beach spot? 

Hollywood Studios.

Hard to believe but the real reason we went to Orlando was not for Gatorland. 

As Florida residents, you can get a fabulous deal for Disney tickets. 

We bought three day pass tickets back in February for $120. 

So we decided to spend Saturday at Hollywood Studios in Disney World!

We really loved the park but I think I liked Magic Kingdom more. . . 

Holly wood studios doesn't have a princess castle but they do have a huge version of Mickey's hat!

 I was brave and road the Tower of Terror with Dave... Can you spot us? 

Dave had to hole my hand because he was so scared!

 I loved the Beauty and the Beast show, it may have been my favorite part!

We got front row seats on the Rockin' Roller coaster...

It was insane! Dave's hair looked so fabulous after as you can tell! 

 This picture is hilarious! 

We had our 3D glasses on right before going on Star Tours. 

 The closest thing we will see to Southern Utah was on the Backlot Tour ride. 

It is so amazing what they can do with screen sets these days!

 This was the most incredible stunt show, probably Dave's favorite show of the day. 

That red car also went off a huge jump in reverse!

 The Fantasmic show was incredible! 

It is partly shown on a projector on the fountains. 

It was fun to see all the characters,

we didn't see them around the park as much as we did in Magic Kingdom. 

We love Disney. 

We will definitely be returning again soon. 

Gator Land.

Dave had Spring Break all last week. 

I had to work all week and I was super jealous. 

So we decided to head to Orlando for the weekend to make up for it. 

We got a hotel on priceline for a STEAL!

I took the afternoon off on Friday and we headed to Gatorland. 

I have never seen so many alligators and crocodiles in my life!

 Dave get's super embarrassed when I ask random people to take our picture so we have no pictures of us together...

 All the babies were cuddling... it was kind of cute until I realized they were gators. 

 This guy grew up with parrots... these birdies reminded him of home. 

 This is the craziest hick I have ever seen.. 

 Is he even joking me? 

You guessed it, Dave was super embarrassed when I made him pose for this priceless beauty. 

 Just cuddling and lounging in the sun. 

This picture is going to be in my nightmares, so creepy!

In case you were wondering, 

we learned that you should NOT run zig-zag. 

That is a myth. 

And the main difference between alligators and crocodiles is

Alligators have a U shaped nose and Crocodiles have a V shaped nose. 

I bet you want to visit Florida now, don't you!?

Cheers for the Weekend.

It's Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend

I love Friday. 

And guess what I am doing this weekend...

via

Just going to the happiest place on earth, that's all :)

And I have a treat for you too...

Remember this review? 

There is so much more where this came from but for now... 

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until March 20th! 

All you have to do is use the code SJDMILLER at check out. 

Happy Shopping! 

Enjoy the little things

- Last night at the climbing gym I climbed a boulder problem that I didn't ever think I would be able to climb... LOVED it. 

-Dave and I are starting a new exercise regimen and I am super excited about it. 

We even ran together this week... we have never done that, weird I know. 

-My parents and I laid out by the pool in the 80 degree weather and I got my first swim suit line of the year... I could really get used to Florida's winter. 

-I found an adorable used desk and comfy office chair on craiglist for $65 for both ... now that I work from home, I really needed these!

-I decorated our little apartment with a little bit of crafty Valentine's Day decor.

-We are the cub scout leaders for the scouts in our area and I haven't be able to go because of work but I got to go this week and it was so fun to watch Dave with those boys, they adore him!

-My sister sent me audio of her sweet baby boy laughing... only my favorite sound in the world!

-I got the best phone call last night from my best friend, I love it when her name appears on my phone :)

-Tomorrow is Saturday and Dave doesn't have homework! 

Best news ever!

Happy LOVE month!

Horse Pens 40.

Alabama is beautiful. Maybe it is because I have missed Utah Fall so much -seeing as Gainesville goes straight from green to brown when it comes to leaves- I thought the beauty was amazing! You can decide for yourself...

  We spent our long weekend at Horse Pens 40. It is a camping/bouldering area... only the most well-known in the south east. WE LOVED IT! We had a group of 11 fabulous people and their company made it even more fun. There was a lot of laughing, climbing, s'mores, cuddles, sunsets, fires... you know- all the fun things that come with camping. We had so much fun and I could tell you all about everything but that would be boring. So I think it is probably better to tell you about the weekend in pictures so here you go...

 Dave walked across a slack line for his first time ever!

 This boulder problem is 'the sandbox'- known as the worst problem in the south east.

Don't ask me why they were so excited to climb it.  It was only V2 and extremely hard!

 The camp site was so close to all the boulders. We LOVED it. 

But we did not love paying $15 a person per night to camp!

 I don't get to see many sunsets in Gainesville, this one was breath taking. 

         

 This problem was 'eight ball'- it was quickly the lady favorite of the trip. 

 All the ladies on top of the eight ball boulder. 

Nothing is better than a great group of woman climbers. 

 Dave was a great photographer, multiple shots-- isn't it so pretty!?

 I told you that we would take some awesome photos together. 

 Our group of amazing climbers. 

Horse Pens was fabulous. Very hard, sand bagged climbing... but, oh it felt so good to touch real rock again. And nothing is better than a weekend with no technology, no sense of time, waking up with the sun and falling asleep with the moon and being surrounded by great people. 

Horses Pens 40, thank you for a much needed break- we will be back.